[HTML][HTML] Assessment of knowledge and skills of triage amongst nurses working in the emergency centres in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

R Aloyce, S Leshabari, P Brysiewicz - African Journal of Emergency …, 2014 - Elsevier
Introduction The triage nurse in the emergency centre (EC) is the first person that a patient
encounters and the triage nurses' knowledge has been cited as an influential factor in triage …

Difficult choices: infant feeding experiences of HIV-positive mothers in northern Tanzania

SC Leshabari, A Blystad, KM Moland - … of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS …, 2007 - journals.co.za
Infant feeding represents a great challenge in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission
of HIV (pMTCT). The international guidelines informing infant feeding counselling suggest …

[HTML][HTML] Midwives' respect and disrespect of women during facility-based childbirth in urban Tanzania: a qualitative study

K Shimoda, S Horiuchi, S Leshabari, Y Shimpuku - Reproductive health, 2018 - Springer
Background Over the last two decades, facility-based childbirths in Tanzania have only
minimally increased by 10% partly because of healthcare providers' disrespect and abuse …

CenteringPregnancy-Africa: a pilot of group antenatal care to address Millennium Development Goals

CL Patil, ET Abrams, C Klima, CPN Kaponda… - Midwifery, 2013 - Elsevier
Background severe health worker shortages and resource limitations negatively affect
quality of antenatal care (ANC) throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Group ANC, specifically …

Curricular limitations and recommendations for training health care providers to respond to intimate partner violence: an integrative literature review

JS Ambikile, S Leshabari… - Trauma, Violence, & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a well-known public health problem occurring
worldwide. With a multisectoral approach being emphasized in addressing IPV, the health …

[HTML][HTML] HIV and infant feeding counselling: challenges faced by nurse-counsellors in northern Tanzania

SC Leshabari, A Blystad, M de Paoli… - Human resources for …, 2007 - Springer
Background Infant feeding is a subject of worry in prevention of mother to child transmission
(pMTCT) programmes in settings where breastfeeding is normative. Nurse-counsellors …

[HTML][HTML] Randomized controlled pilot of a group antenatal care model and the sociodemographic factors associated with pregnancy-related empowerment in sub …

CL Patil, CS Klima, SC Leshabari, AD Steffen… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2017 - Springer
Background The links between empowerment and a number of health-related outcomes in
sub-Saharan Africa have been documented, but empowerment related to pregnancy is …

[HTML][HTML] Stronger together: midwifery twinning between Tanzania and Canada

R Sandwell, D Bonser, E Hebert, K Kilroy… - Globalization and …, 2018 - Springer
This article describes a twinning relationship between the Canadian Association of
Midwives (CAM) and the Tanzania Midwives Association (TAMA). It argues that the twinning …

[HTML][HTML] Breastfeeding and HIV: experiences from a decade of prevention of postnatal HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa

KMI Moland, MM De Paoli, DW Sellen… - International …, 2010 - Springer
Infant feeding by HIV-infected mothers has been a major global public health dilemma and a
highly controversial matter. The controversy is reflected in the different sets of WHO infant …

Chronic sorrow: lived experiences of caregivers of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia in Butabika mental hospital, Kampala, Uganda

C Olwit, S Musisi, S Leshabari, I Sanyu - Archives of psychiatric nursing, 2015 - Elsevier
During the experience of chronic sorrow, people feel emotional discomfort, and
hopelessness. It may progress to pathological grief, depression or trigger some of the …